Review by Darren Gawle
Tara MacLean is lying to us: there is in fact no
silence on this album (aside from a second or two between tracks,
but that doesn't count). Furthermore, the sound that we do
get here is the usual Nettwerk experience of a female vocalist
who sounds not entirely unlike like
Sarah McLachlan (really? do
tell...). This is getting more than a little tedious; and, in
fact, I'm going to come out and accuse Nettwerk Records of insulting
the public's intelligence. Having found the divine Miss M to be
a bankable commodity, it would appear that Nettwerk has decided
on cornering the woman-with-ethereal-vocals-and-folky-songs market
(there's also the
Rose Chronicles,
Delerium... ). Do they really
think that we're so simple-minded as to accept any Sarah sound-alike
that comes walking through the door? Or is it just a marketing
plan to keep the money rolling in while we wait for the real deal
to release a new album of new material?
That said, Tara MacLean is a capable songwriter, and she's a far better singer than I'll ever be. Silence is also a well-recorded album: its tones are crisp and clean, and the drumming sounds particularly full and warm. It's just unfortunate that MacLean's sound is so easy to be pigeonholed; and once the new Sarah McLachlan album comes out later this month, it will remain to be seen if she'll hold her own in such a saturated market.
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